[boost] Re: Expected Errors?

From: AlisdairM (alisdair.meredith_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-01 09:41:08

David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in 
news:ur7zpg8e2.fsf_at_[hidden]:

> Sort of, "this library basically works, but see the failure log for
> corner cases"

> I'm not sure if we have any of the latter type of failure, so if we
> don't I guess there's not much value in adding a color.

I'd give boost::array as an example.

Borland and VC < 7.1 cannot initialise classes in arrays, so tests 3/4 
fail.  However, array works correctly with classes for everything but 
initializer lists, and initializers work correctly for PODs.  The test 
failures look much more dramatic that the corner case they reflect. (40% 
fail!)

AlisdairM